Quick-n-easy: int crc32 ( string str ) -- make sure to read the manual about the unsigned/signed issue. DanB "Brian Dunning" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BAE2710C-2A3D-4957-A554-77BCE5E4F664@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Does anyone know if there's a handy way to create a numeric hash from a > text string? I'm trying to generate an integer as a sort of quick & dirty > checksum for text strings. Needs to be a decimal integer, not hex or > otherwise. Any clever ideas appreciated. :) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php